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Monte Cristo No. 1 Claim

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047496
MRDS ID M242855
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo No. 1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.75573, 41.61404 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New York Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 028E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.75573, 41.61404
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Varyville District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Weihnunster, Leo, Bea, Don, And Bob
    First year 1974

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED PROSPECT PIT.

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS LOCATED 15 JUNE 1941.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENNETT, REB. E., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 144, ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59, PL. 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGERS IN METASILTSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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